I dont get the idea of being so free. i mean what happens if the bike breake down while riding. or got damaged while it is still in the bike stop. i am sure that all of these bikes will be stolen or broken down if you put this system in Turkey. So i think this is not an efficient solution in terms of its sustainability. but who would not want such an environment friendly system work.

In 1965 Amsterdam had already a project like this, called “witte fiets” (white bicycle). The project contained 2000 free to use bikes, but was stopped, because no-one returned their bikes (they couldn’t be locked). Now their are several bike sharing programs in The Netherlands, like the “OV-fiets” (public transportations bike). Which can be rented on many train stations.

May 16th, 2010

Monika

Hamburg (Germany) has one too, the system works well and is very popular. It isn’t free, but quite affordable. Tourists and locals both use it.

We had this in Illinois quite a number of years ago. While it was a good idea on paper, it was not such a great idea in reality. Eventually all of the bikes were stolen and the project was abandoned. If there were some way to “track” the bikes, I believe it could work very well.

i think that this is a very good idea. I believe this would be good for the environment..this way more poeple would think that its better for the environemt to use more bikes so that pollution can finally decrease

SmartBike in DC, and one in Boston, Minneapolis (planned), San Francisco, and Chicago. Not terribly “original”

May 17th, 2010

Spanki

seen in paris and barcellona always wanted to have a ride but always thought there was a catch
wish i did have a go tho
but there was some areas with like a couple of bikes left as they had been broken or even vandilised
but loved the idea

May 18th, 2010

Phlbrt

Actually the first station of this kind using solar energy was in Montreal. The bikes are the best (made by Devinci) all it includes a lot of goodie features. Really great!

May 18th, 2010

AAAAAAAAA

You guys, about stealing it, you gave them your credit card, it probably charges it if you don’t return it.

May 19th, 2010

Lars Erik

We have had this in Oslo, Norway for three years now. Works excellent. It’s allso ad-supported, so the price is $10 for a whole year. Just a figurative price to have control over the bikes.